Series II. Manuscript and Lecture Notes, 1906-1954, 1906-1954, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
This series (XIV:C), consisting of 78 subject files, includes manuscripts and notes of lectures, pamphlets, books, addresses, and statements. Each subject file within this series has been given a frame number and has been cited according to the title of the file in the complete reel list. In some instances, the titles of items within the subject file are cited in the complete reel list. Of special interest in this series are Claessens's writings on socialist humor, particularly the rough draft of his book, Didn't We Have Fun? (XIV:C:13); a series of articles entitled, "Revolutionary Fun" (XIV:C:56); and a collection of anecdotes entitled, "We Struggled With a Smile" (XIV:C:73). This series also contains writings on human nature, prejudice, prohibition, contemporary politics, labor, socialism, heredity and environment, sex and society, and religion. A collection of seven poems (XIV:C:45), written by Claessens, are also included in this series.
ABC of Parliamentary Law, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Anthropology and the Growth of Society
Contains 5 brief lectures:
- The Origin of Man and the Races of Mankind
- Primitive Man and His World
- The Savage and His Culture
- The Barbarian and His World
- Civilization, undated, inclusive
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[Article on the 1932 campaign], 1933, inclusive
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Can a Goy and a Yiddina Stay Happily Married?, undated, inclusive
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Changing Human Nature, undated, inclusive
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The Chase for the Almighty Dollar, The End of the Chase, undated, inclusive
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Collective Bargaining, undated, inclusive
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Collectivism and Individual Liberty, Feb 1951
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Communism, undated, inclusive
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The Cultural Elements, undated, inclusive
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Democracy vs. Dictatorship, Nov 1939, June 1941, inclusive
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Democratic Way of Life, undated, inclusive
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Didn't We Have Fun?, undated, inclusive
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Didn't We Have Fun?, undated, inclusive
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Didn't We Have Fun?, undated, inclusive
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Didn't We Have Fun?, undated, inclusive
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Disagreeable and Dirty Work, undated, inclusive
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Einstein Theory, undated, inclusive
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Elementary and Advanced Socialism, contains:
Our Economic Chaos (3 copies)
Lessons from the World War (2 copies)
What Socialism Is (3 copies)
The Distribution of Wealth (2 copies)
The Love of Money
The Odium of Menial Labor
Instinct of Workmenship (2 copies)
Incentive and Ambition (3 copies)
Socialism and Ambition, 1930-1935 , undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Elements of Social Progress, 1934, inclusive
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Ethics and Economics, undated, inclusive
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The Evolution of Morality, 1933, inclusive
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Florida Violence, undated, inclusive
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Genius, undated, inclusive
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Germany and Reparations, undated, inclusive
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Graft and Corruption (4 copies), Mar 1932
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Guaranteed Annual Wage, undated, inclusive
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Haiti, undated, inclusive
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Heredity and Environment, contains:
Our Natural Heritage
Our Natural Environment
Nature and Nurture
Problems of Physical Heritage
Our Social Environment
Our Social Heritage
Problems of Social Heritage, 1931-1933 , undated, inclusive
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If Lincoln Were Hoover, undated, inclusive
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Immigration, undated, inclusive
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Industrial Democracy, undated, inclusive
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Is A United States of Europe Possible?, 1950, inclusive
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Is Socialism Inevitable?, undated, inclusive
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Is the Status of the Masses Improving?, Is the Condition of the Masses Growing Better or Worse?, undated , 1934, inclusive
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The Jew and the World Crisis, undated, inclusive
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Justice Without A Blindfold, undated, inclusive
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Labor Movement, undated, inclusive
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Lectures on Behavior, contains:
The Instinctive Basis of Behavior
Acquired Behavior - The Environmental Factors (2 copies)
Social and Collective Behavior, 1940 , undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
A Liberal Interlude (3 copies), undated, inclusive
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Measures to Halt a Depression, 1954, inclusive
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Modern Science, Man, Religion and God, undated, inclusive
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Must We Change Human Nature?, undated, inclusive
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The Nature of Work and the Nature of Man, undated, inclusive
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NRA (4 copies), Oct 1933
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Outlines and Highlights of the Social Sciences
Biology Human Geography: The Cultural Backwardness of the South Psychology Social Psychology-Prejudices and Stereotypes Anthropology, undated, inclusive
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Patriotism, undated, inclusive
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Poems, contains:
Remembrance (2 copies)
On a Spring Greeting Card to Jennie (2 copies)
Friendship
Winter
Enthusiasm
The Months (2 copies)
A Bit of Philosophy-Before Election, 1906-1920 , undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Prejudices-A Story in Human Behavior, 1932-1943, inclusive
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Prohibition, undated, inclusive
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Promise of Socialism, undated, inclusive
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Prosperity and Hard Times, Dec 1923
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Racketeers and Big Business, undated, inclusive
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Red Riots, undated, inclusive
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Relation of Work to Ignorance and Education, undated, inclusive
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Religion and Soviet Russia, undated, inclusive
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Resolution on African Independence (2 copies), undated, inclusive
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Resolution on Anti-Semitism, undated, inclusive
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Revolutionary Fun contains:
They Were All One to Him (2 copies)
That Was the Purpose of the Meeting
Obliging
He Never Spoke on That Corner Again (2 copies)
Got a Permit (3 copies)
May Day Article
Close Shave (2 copies)
Kindly Suggestion (2 copies)
Some Diet!
It Can Happen Only in Harlem (2 copies)
A Four Hour Day Hamlet
Outdone Suggestively
Ancient misses
A Question in Physics
Not an Encyclopedia Mathematics
One on History
One on the Professor
One on the Teacher
Biology as Franklin No Doubt Knew
Three Humorous Bits: Phrenology an Englishman's Idea of American Humor Change of Nationality Mythology Materialism Versus Spiritualism, undated, inclusive
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The Second Industrial Revolution, undated, inclusive
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Sex and Society contains:
Women and Modern Industry
Prostitution
Marriage and Economics
The Home-Present and Future
The Home and Social Changes
Marital Incompatibility
Mental Differences of Men and Women (2 copies)
Sex Prejudices, 1930-1935 , undated, inclusive
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Social Attitudes Toward War and Peace (2 copies), 1936, inclusive
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Social Psychology (4 copies), 1935-1938, inclusive
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Socialism and Human Nature, undated, inclusive
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Socialism and Religion, undated, inclusive
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Socialism and Social Problems, undated, inclusive
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Socialism of George Bernard Shaw, undated, inclusive
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Socialism in the Assembly, undated, inclusive
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Stock Market, undated, inclusive
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These United States, 1935, inclusive
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Unavoidable Hazard in Some Kinds of Work, undated, inclusive
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Understanding the U.S.A., undated, inclusive
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Understanding the Worker, undated, inclusive
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United Front, undated, inclusive
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Wages and Prices, undated, inclusive
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We Struggled with a Smile contains:
An Innocent Deception (3 copies)
On the Plains of Colorado (3 copies)
Good Heavens! (3 copies)
A British Prime Minister Meets His American
Comrades (3 copies)
I Work with a Notorious Racketeer
Some Funny Moments in the Labor Movement
The Germans in Our Midst
The Benefits of Materialism (2 copies), undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
What Organized Labor Has Gained, undated, inclusive
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What Organized Labor Wants, undated, inclusive
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The Will to Live, undated, inclusive
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Why They Threw Us Out of the Assembly, undated, inclusive
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Notes, undated, inclusive
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